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Tainá Rocha

I am a Brazilian researcher working on patterns of biodiversity distribution, focusing on the impacts of global change (climate change and land-use and land-cover change). My recent interests and work include: 1. Analysis of climate data and land-use and land-cover data under different scenarios of climate change, 2. Spatial analysis of species diversity (alpha and beta diversity), 3. Ecological niche models/ species distribution models and other niche analyses to assess the impacts of global change on biodiversity, 4. Biogeographic patterns and evolutionary history in the Neotropics.
Note: I use open-source tools and platforms. I am interested in good practices about open science (open databases, open software, etc.), good workflows, reproducibility and FAIR principles.
CV available in Portuguese version here

Education

PhD in Zoology

Emílio Goeldi Museum

MPEG, Brazil

2017 - 2013

  • DISSERTATION: Phylogeographic of disjunct bird between Amazon and Atlantic Forest

MSc in Environmental biology

Federal University of Pará

IECOS, Brazil

2012 - 2010

  • THESIS: Phylogeographic analysis of Xiphorhynchus guttatus from Amazon and Atlantic Forest

Degree in biological science

Federal University of Pará

UFPA, Brazil

2010 - 2006

Research Experience

Biodiversity Researcher and Consultant at Brazilian National Centre for Flora Conservation

IUCN Green Status of threatened species of the Brazilian Cerrado

JBRJ, Brazil

Present - 2021

  • The IUCN Green Status classifies species into nine Species Recovery Categories, indicating the extent to which species are depleted or recovered compared to their historical population levels. Each Green Status assessment measures the impact of past conservation on a species, a species’ dependence on continuing support, how much a species stands to gain from conservation action within the next ten years, and the potential for it to recover over the next century.

Volunteer Researcher at United Nations Volunteers

UN Online Volunteers

United Nations

Sep-2021 - Jun-2021

Postdoctoral Researcher at Botanical Garden of Rio de Janeiro

Terrestrial Ecosystem Modeling
Supervisor: Marinez F Siqueira

JBRJ, Brazil

2021 - 2019

Researcher of Technological Development and Innovation

INCT Ecology, Evolution and Biodiversity Conservation
Supervisor: Mariana M Vale

UFRJ, Brazil

2019 - 2017

R

Git

GitHub

Markdown

Linux OS

Virtual Machines

GIS

Teaching Experience

Guest lecture.

Plant Biology Postgraduate

UFPE, Brazil

Sep-2021 - Sep-2021

Instructor

Biology department

PUC-Rio, Brazil

2020 - 2019

  • Ecological Niche Models and Species Distribution Models, theory and practice (40 h)
  • Public tools for spatial analysis of biodiversity (40 h)

Instructor

ENBT Postgraduate

ENBT

2020 - 2020

  • Ecological niche modeling: theory and practice. Modeling potential species distribution. Niche concept and its application. Algorithms modeling. Source of biotic and abiotic data. Maps and spatial analysis using GIS. Tools for processing and preparing biotic and abiotic data. R programming to modeling. Applications. Model testing and validation (40 h) | https://classroom.google.com/u/0/r/MTI2NTU0NzQ0Nzcw/sort-last-name

Guest Lecture

II National Meeting on Biological Collections and their Interfaces

IVB, Brazil

2020 - 2020

  • Ecological niche models and biological conservation in future scenarios of global changes (5 h)

Guest lecture.

Biological Sciences- Bachelor’s Degree

UVA, Brazil

2019 - 2018

  • Ecological niche models under a biogeography perspective (3 h)
  • Ecological Niche Models and Species Distribution Models (3 h)

Guest lecture

Biological Sciences- Bachelor’s Degree

UFRA, Brazil

2018 - 2017

  • Introduction to Geographic Information System (GIS) (12 h)
  • Data for ecological niche models (12 h)

Guest lecture

Biological Sciences Undergraduate

UNESA, Brazil

2017 - 2017

  • Introduction to databases which provide input to perform ecological niche models (3 h)

High school teacher

Dinâmica Natural

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

2017 - 2015

  • Science classes

Mentoring Experience

Technical Advisor

Geographic Information System (GIS). Student: Tainá Cunha Udine Bernardino. Institution: Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Geographic Information System (GIS). Student: João Pedro Sousa Cerqueira Cruz. Institution: Federal University of Rio de Janei

RJ, Brazil

2019

Selected Publications

Global land-use and land-cover data: historical, current and future scenarios

Biodiversity Informatics Journal

N/A

2021 - 2021

  • Authored by Vale MM, Lima-Ribeiro MS and Rocha TC.

The first botanical explorations of bryophyte diversity in the Brazilian Amazon mountains: high species diversity, low endemism, and low similarity

Biodiversity and conservation

N/A

2020 - 2020

  • Authored by Costa D, Nada F.and Rocha TC.

A dynamic continental moisture gradient drove Amazonian bird diversification

Science Advances

N/A

2019 - 2019

  • Authored by Silva SM , Townsend P, Carneiro L, Burlamaqui TCT, Ribas CC, Sousa-Neves T, Miranda LS, Fernandes AM, d’Horta FM, Araújo-Silva LC, Batista R, Bandeira CHMM, Dantas SM, Ferreira M, Martins DM, Oliveira J, Rocha TC, Sardelli CH, Gregory T, Rêgo PS, Santos MP, Sequeira F, Vallinoto M and Aleixo A.

A macroecological approach to evolutionary rescue and adaptation to climate change

Ecography

N/A

2019 - 2019

  • Authored by Diniz-Filho JAF, Souza KS, Bini LM, Loyola R, Dobrovolski R, Rodrigues JFM, Lima-Ribeiro Matheus MS, Terribile CL, RangelTF, Bione I, Freitas R, Machado IF, Rocha TC, Lorini ML, ValeMM, Navas CA, Maciel NM, Villalobos F, Olalla-Tarraga MA, Gouveia S.

Molecular phylogeny and diversification of a widespread Neotropical rainforest bird group: The Buff-throated Woodcreeper complex, Xiphorhynchus guttatus/susurrans (Aves: Dendrocolaptidae)

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

N/A

2015 - 2015

  • Authored by Rocha TC, Sequeira F, Aleixo A, Rego PS, Sampaio I, Schneider H, Vallinoto M.

Instabilidade Climática e diversidade de espécies na Amazônia

In book: Cenários para Amazônia: clima, biodiversidade e uso da terra

N/A

2014 - 2014

  • Authored by Aleixo A, Townsend P, Araújo-Silva LC, Miléo CHM, Batista R, Burlamaqui TCT, Danta SM, Fernandes AM, Ferreira M, Martins DM, Rêgo PS, Ribas CC, Rocha TC, Santos MP, Sardelli CH, Sequeira F, Soares LMS, de Sousa BRS, Sousa SA, Sousa-Neves T, Gregory T, Vallinoto M.

Identification and phylogenetic inferences on stocks of sharks affected by the fishing industry off the Northern coast of Brazil

Genetics and Molecular Biology

N/A

2009 - 2009

  • Authored by Rodrigues-Filho LF, Rocha TC, Rego PS, Schneider H, Sampaio I, Vallinoto M.


Periodical reviewer

Conservation Science and Practice

One review

Online

2021

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

Three review

Online

2021

Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation

Two reviews

Online

2020 - 2021

Oecologia Australis.

Three reviews

Online

2019 - 2020

Committee Member

Leave out or put in - selecting input data to improve ecological niche models applied to conservation and climate change analysis: an approach using the Atlantic Goliath Grouper, Epinephelus itajara (Perciformes)

Final Master committee. Student: Eduardo Motta Carelli Minsky. Advisor: Maria Lucia Lorini. Institution: UNIRIO

UNIRIO, Brazil

2021

Wallacean knowledge shortfall of mammals inthe Central Corridor of the Atlantic Forest

Final undergraduate committee. Student: Inês Motta Comarella. Advisor: Francisco Candido Cardoso Barreto. Institution: UFES

UFES, Brazil

2021

Impacts on the food behavior of birds in the urban, semi-urban and rural environment in the municipal of Capanema, Pará

Final undergraduate committee. Student: Luana Gabriela Costa Bezerra. Advisor: Breno Barros. Institution: UFRA

UFRA, Brazil

2021

Modeling species dis-tribution of plant species as tool for assessing the impacts of climate changes andprogress of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 13 and 15 in Caatinga biome

Master’s qualifying examination. Student: Lucas Peixoto Teixeira. Advisor: Marcelo Freire Moro. Institution: UFC

UFC, Brazil

2021

Strategies for conservationof endemic and threatened species: Hindsia glabra K.Schum E Aosa uleana (Urb.Gilg) Weigend

Master’s project monitoring committee. Student: Bárbara Piovani Luz Aieta Afonso. Supervisor: Marinez Ferreira de Siqueira. Institution: ENBT/JBRJ

ENBT, Brazil

2020

Seabird habitat use and its association offoraging with Guiana dolphin (Sotalia guianensis) in Sepetiba Bay (2018).

Undergraduate monitoring committee. Student:Leonardo Gomes Pacheco de Sá. Advisor: Maria Alice dos Santos Alves. Co-advisor: Rodrigo Hipolito Tardin Oliveira. Institution: UFRJ

UFRJ, Brazil

2018







Selected Talks & Scientific communication

I recently created a website1 where I will talk about science communication, provide tutorials of different tools and diverse content about science.

Open tools and databases to analyze biodiversity in space and time

Week curator at Biodiversity in Focus | Webpage for the content shared

Online

2020

Global land-use and land-cover data: historical, current and future scenarios

Final presentation in OLS-2|Slides

Online

2020

Connecting data and experiences: Biodiversity, Information and Communication Technologies in Brazil

RNP 2019 | Slides

Brasília, Brazil

2019

Selected Events

V International Seminar on Statistics with R

V SER event was recognized by the R Foundation (2018) for its pioneering in Latin America in bringing together an expressive number of R users| Participation as a listener.

Online

2021

Forum of Rede Nacional de Ensino e Pesquisa

RNP 2019. Challenges of digital transformation in teaching and research will lead debates at 2019 RNP Forum| Participation as Guest speaker.

Brasília, Brazil

2019


Workshop Evolutionary Rescue

The workshop was organized by José Alexandre Diniz-Filho professor. The general concept of “evolutionary rescue” refers to the possibility of rapid Darwinian adaptation of populations under a strong effect of environmental stress. Specifically, in this workshop we discussed: 1) the concept of evolutionary rescue and the theoretical models in evolutionary genetics that have been used to study this process, and; 2) the integration of these theoretical models with ecological niche modelling techniques, in a context of climate change and anthropogenic changes in the landscape, 3) their implications for the conservation of diversity in the face of these changes, at different spatial scales. Analyses were implemented for some species of amphibians, such as model organisms, and the possibilities of expanding these analyses to a global scale were discussed, and several sub-projects to be carried out in the coming years on this topic were defined. 20h

Goiânia, Brazil

2018


Complementary Training Courses

R for Data Science II

This course aims to deepen the essential concepts of programming in R for Data Science. We will present intermediate and advanced data manipulation techniques from real data analysis problems, including texts and dates, and functional programming concepts. 18 h

Online

Present - Nov 2021

Flexdashboard: Interactive panels using R

Analyze. Share. Reproduce. Your data tells a story. Use rmarkdown and Flexdashboard and transform your analysis into high-quality documents, reports, presentations and dashboards. 4 h

Online

Mar 2021

Managing tables with dplyr R package

The main functions of dplyr for handling tables. 4 h

Online

Feb 2021

Regular expressions (regex) for data cleaning

Regex as part of the data cleaning and transformation process using Tidyverse R packages. 4 h

Online

Feb 2021

Open Life Science program

OLS-2. Training for early stage researchers and young leaders interested in furthering their Open Science skills.

Online

Aug 2020 - Dec 2020

Writing academic manuscripts using rmarkdown

This training provided the different steps and tools for writing academic manuscripts or technical reports in an automated and reproducible way using R and rmarkdown. 4 h

Online

Sep 2020

List of Institutions Abbreviations

ENBT

Escola Nacional de Botânica Tropical

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

IECOS

Instituto de Estudos Costeiros

Bragança-Pará, Brazil

IVB

Instituto Vital Brazil

Niterói-Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

MPEG

Museu Parense Emílio Goeldi

Belém-Pará, Brazil

OLS

Open Life Science

Global

UFC

Universidade Federal do Ceará

Ceará, Brasil

UFES

Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo

Espírito Santo, Brasil

UFPA

Universidade Federal do Pará

Pará, Brasil

UFPE

Universidade Federal do Pernambuco

Pernambuco, Brasil

UFRJ

Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

UNESA

Universidade Estácio de Sá

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

UNIRIO

Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

UVA

Universidade Veiga de Almeida

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
















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